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I filmed haunting vid on doomed Air India jet on penultimate flight HOURS before horror crash – it was plagued by fault
The outraged passenger complained that "nothing" was working in the cabin LEAD UP TO DISASTER I filmed haunting vid on doomed Air India jet on penultimate flight HOURS before horror crash – it was plagued by fault A PASSENGER who flew on the doomed Air India jet hours before it crashed filmed the cabin's faulty condition - the same day the disaster unfolded. Shocking footage showed the Boeing 787 Dreamliner's interior with defective TV screens and "no air conditioning at all" when it flew from Delhi to Ahmedadbad - two hours prior to the horror smash. Advertisement 12 A passenger who flew on the doomed Air India flight complained of its faulty interior the day it crashed Credit: X/akku92 12 Air India Flight AI171 crashed on Thursday on the way to London Credit: AP 12 Smoke seen billowing after the crash Credit: AFP 12 He showed how the screens and AC were defective Credit: X/akku92 Air India Flight AI171 was en route to London Gatwick when it crashed into a hostel used by doctors on Thursday. It had 242 people on board, including 53 Brits and 11 children. So far, 204 bodies have been recovered, and one Brit is believed to have survived. On X, Akash Vasta claimed that he had flown on the very same aircraft just two hours before it crashed. Advertisement He posted horrifying footage which showed many parts of the plane not functioning properly during its second last ever flight. It comes as... He said on X: "I was in the same damn flight 2 hours before it took off from AMD. "I came in this from DEL-AMD." Advertisement The shocked passenger added that he had "noticed unusual things" in the plane which he suggested may have been telltale signs that it was defective. Watch moment 'Brit survivor' walks from Air India plane moments after crash & says- 'It all happened in 30 seconds'_1 In the concerning footage, he can be heard saying: "The AC is not working at all. "And as usual, your TV screens are also not working, neither this button for calling the cabin crew." He said: "Nothing is working. Nothing! Advertisement "Not even the light is working." The worried passenger asked: "Is this what you are providing?" He also complained that he was "sweating like hell" due to the lack of AC, and stated that this was why "Air India is considered one of the worst airlines in the world". 12 The flight is seen on CCTV exploding in a fireball Credit: ViralPress Advertisement 12 The back of Air India flight 171 pictured at the site after it crashed with 242 people on board Credit: AFP 12 Footage showed the passenger's remote which wasn't working Credit: X/akku92 12 Search and rescue teams respond to the scene of a plane crash in Ahmedabad, India Credit: AP 12 Advertisement It comes as one 40-year-old Brit, Ajay Kumar Vishwash, claimed that he cheated death after jumping off the flaming Air India jet before it crashed. Unbelievable footage showed Vishwash walking away from what is understood to be the crash site of the doomed Air India flight to London Gatwick. Vishwash, who still had his boarding pass, told Hindustan Times: 'Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly." Full harrowing CCTV footage has also now shown the Boeing 787 taking off before appearing to lose power in Ahmedabad in the west of India. Advertisement The plane was flying to London Gatwick airport and was carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew. Video showed the plane taxing down the runway before taking off at around 1.38pm local time from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad. It also showed the plane take to the sky - before it appears to stop climbing and then plummet back down to earth. The flight then crashed in a fireball into a doctor's hostel. Advertisement Police are now hunting through the rubble and wreckage for any survivors. India's dark aviation history A LONDON-BOUND Air India flight crashed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday. The following are details of some other airline accidents in India in recent decades: AUGUST 2020 At least 18 people died and 16 were severely injured when an Air India Express Boeing 737 plane skidded off the runway in the southern city of Kozhikode during heavy rain, plunged into a valley and crashed nose-first into the ground. MAY 2010 An Air India Boeing 737 flight from Dubai overshot the runway at the airport in the southern city of Mangaluru and crashed into a ravine, killing 158 people on board. JULY 2000 More than 50 people were killed when a state-owned Alliance Air flight between Kolkata and the capital, New Delhi, crashed in a residential area of the eastern city of Patna. According to flight tracking website Flightradar, the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner's final signal was received just seconds after take-off. This was last logged at 1:38pm local time - less than a minute after it started the journey. It had only reached 625ft at the time, officials believe. Advertisement In a statement the airline said: "Flight AI171, operating Ahmedabad-London Gatwick was involved in an accident on 12 June 2025. "At this moment, we are ascertaining the details and will share further updates at the earliest opportunity." Out of the 242 on board, 169 were Indian travellers, one Canadian and seven Portuguese nationals alongside the Brits. 12 A family member cries hearing her brother has died following the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash Credit: Reuters Advertisement 12 Huge plumes of black smoke could be seen billowing into the sky Credit: X
Scottish Sun
2 days ago
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- Scottish Sun
Second-by-second breakdown of Air India jet disaster from mayday call to horror crash – all within a minute of takeoff
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THE final moments of the doomed Air India plane that smashed into a doctors' hostel have been revealed, with at least 204 bodies recovered from the site. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner with 242 passengers on board - including 53 Brits - smashed into a doctors' hostel in Ahmedabad in the west of India. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 17 People look at the debris of the Air India plane crash 17 Firefighters work at the site of a plane crash near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Credit: EPA/SIDDHARAJ SOLANKI 17 The plane was headed to London Gatwick when it crashed just moments after take-off. A city police commissioner said there are unlikely to be any survivors - with many passengers still trapped under the rubble. But a Brit man, Ajay Kumar Vishwash, 40, cheated death after jumping off the flaming jet - walking away with minor injuries. It comes as... read more news CRASH MIRACLE Watch Brit survivor WALK AWAY from India crash after jumping from flaming jet Here is a second-by-second breakdown of the doomed plane's journey. 9:00:50 - Aircraft ready for take-off The Air India plane is scheduled to take off at 9:09 BST from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad, ready to head to London Gatwick with 242 passengers and crew on board. Passengers on the Air India flight include 217 adults, 11 children and two infants, according to a source. Of them, 53 are Brits, 169 Indian nationals, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian. 09:04:12 - Plane picks up speed on the runway Around four minutes after the aircraft was recorded stationary on the ground, the plane begins to pick up speed, increasing by around 11MPH on the runway. 17 Plane captured on CCTV picking up speed on runway The flight is scheduled to make a nine-hour 50 minute non-stop journey to the London airport. 9:08:50 - Plane departs The Air India flight takes off, headed to London Gatwick. 17 The plane departs just before 9:09 It has a sudden climb to 625ft and moving at around 200mph. To make that climb at such speed is "highly irregular," according to Lt. Col. John R. Davidson, former U.S. Air Force pilot and editor of Felons Assistance and commercial aviation safety consultant. He said: "From the data available, AIC171 appears to have reached takeoff speed — but not altitude. "To be at 625 feet at over 170 knots [196MPH] more than four minutes after rolling out is highly irregular. "This suggests either a very late rotation or a stall shortly after takeoff." Milliseconds later - Pilots give mayday call It is at the brief climb to around 625ft that Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the highly experienced pilot, and Clive Kundar, his co-pilot, issue a mayday call. 17 Pilots issued a mayday call in the air Credit: X The pilots had almost 10,000 hours of flying experience between them. Helicopter pilot Seun Komolafe revealed what the pilots could have seen in the cockpit that prompted the mayday call. She told Sky News: "[The mayday call] tells me that they were able to gather data in that short moment and realise that something wasn't going quite right and they were able to communicate it to themselves, first of all, and also to air traffic control to let them know that there was an issue." And Prof. Graham Braithwaite, the director of aerospace and aviation at Cranfield University, said: "Take-off is a critical stage because the aircraft is still accelerating and any problem-solving requires a rapid response. "Although take-off is a critical stage of flight, aircraft accidents are incredibly rare, especially involving modern aircraft types such as the Boeing 787." 08:08:51 - Last signal received The plane's transponder signal drops seconds after leaving the runway, according to Flightradar24. 17 The plane's transponder signal drops seconds after leaving the runway Credit: X Controllers make subsequent calls to the mayday but receive no response, civil authorities said. Prof Paul Williams, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, said: "At the time of the departure, the weather conditions at the airport appear to have been very good. "It was a dry and sunny day in Ahmedabad, with temperatures near 40°C. "There was good visibility and light winds from the west. There was no bad weather in the vicinity. "There is no indication at this stage that turbulence or other weather conditions were a factor in the crash." Less than 60 seconds later - Plane hits BJ Medical College campus Less than a minute after the initial take-off, the Air India plane plunges to the ground just a few hundred yards from the end of the runway. 17 The plane crashed and erupted into flames Credit: x/nchorAnandN 17 Part of the plane seen on fire after the crash Credit: X 17 The plane smashed into BJ Medical College campus Credit: x/mitrapredator Medical students at BJ Medical College campus are having a lunch break in the dining room when the plane smashes onto a part of the building. It explodes into a gargantuan fireball, with plumes of thick back smoke billowing from the crash site. Lt. Col. Davidson said that the low altitude and high speed reading could indicate a "steep nose-down trajectory or a stall event" just after the plane took off. He added: "This is consistent with accidents like Spanair Flight 5022 and Flydubai Flight 981, where mechanical or environmental factors combined with compromised lift performance led to loss of control during or just after liftoff." Cause of the crash remains unclear Theories of what caused the deadly crash have been circulating, but none confirmed. 17 People and rescuers are seen at a site of a plane crash in Ahmedabad of India's Gujarat state Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 17 A tail of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane that crashed is seen stuck on a building Credit: REUTERS 17 Firefighters work at the site of a plane crash near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Davidson said: "There are a number of possible scenarios: thrust or engine performance issues, excessive aircraft weight, poor trim or flap configuration, or a more critical failure that affected the aircraft's ability to climb. "Weather, windshear or even bird strike can't be ruled out either at this early stage." He added: "Flight data alone isn't enough to determine fault — but it tells us this aircraft never truly made it airborne in a meaningful way. "Whatever happened, it happened fast, and right at the most critical phase of flight." Captain Saurabh Bhatnagar, a former senior pilot, said that footage of the doomed plane's descent "looked like a case of multiple bird hits wherein both the engines have lost power". 17 A view of the site where a plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Credit: Getty 17 Rescuers work at the site of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state Credit: AP He told NDTV: "The takeoff was perfect. "And just, I believe, short of taking the gear up, the aircraft started descending, which can happen only in case the engine loses power or the aircraft stops developing lift." The potential cause of the horror crash has divided experts, with aviation specialist Sanjay Lazar explaining how the Boeing Dreamliner was just 11 years old, suggesting that the plane having underlying technical issues is unlikely. He said that a bird strike "would explain why the aircraft did not have the power to lift," adding: "If there were multiple bird hits on take-off, it probably could not have gone beyond the 6-7 minute threshold and started falling." Meanwhile, among pilots, aviation experts have said that it sounded as if the aircraft's Ram Air Turbine - an emergency wind turbine - had been deployed just moments before the tragedy. There is to likely be a joint investigation to uncover the cause of the crash, according to aviation lawyer and Partner at UK law firm Stewarts, Peter Neenan. He said: "In due course, the Indian Directorate of General Civil Aviation will begin their investigation. "The US National Transportation Safety Board will assist in that investigation and given the number of deaths of British nationals, we would expect the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch to also assist." These kinds of investigations "routinely take two or more years to complete," he added. 17 Rescuers work at the site of a plane crash near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
The Sun
2 days ago
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- The Sun
Second-by-second breakdown of Air India jet disaster from mayday call to horror crash – all within a minute of takeoff
THE final moments of the doomed Air India plane that smashed into a doctors' hostel have been revealed, with at least 204 bodies recovered from the site. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner with 242 passengers on board - including 53 Brits - smashed into a doctors' hostel in Ahmedabad in the west of India. 16 16 The plane was headed to London Gatwick when it crashed just moments after take-off. A city police commissioner said there are unlikely to be any survivors - with many passengers still trapped under the rubble. But a Brit man, Ajay Kumar Vishwash, 40, cheated death after jumping off the flaming jet - walking away with minor injuries. It comes as... Here is a second-by-second breakdown of the doomed plane's journey. 9:00:50 - Aircraft ready for take-off The Air India plane is scheduled to take off at 9:09 BST from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad, ready to head to London Gatwick with 242 passengers and crew on board. Passengers on the Air India flight include 217 adults, 11 children and two infants, according to a source. Of them, 53 are Brits, 169 Indian nationals, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian. 09:04:12 - Plane picks up speed on the runway Around four minutes after the aircraft was recorded stationary on the ground, the plane begins to pick up speed, increasing by around 11MPH on the runway. 16 The flight is scheduled to make a nine-hour 50 minute non-stop journey to the London airport. 9:08:50 - Plane departs The Air India flight takes off, headed to London Gatwick. It has a sudden climb to 625ft and moving at around 200mph. 16 To make that climb at such speed is "highly irregular," according to Lt. Col. John R. Davidson, former U.S. Air Force pilot and editor of Felons Assistance and commercial aviation safety consultant. He said: "From the data available, AIC171 appears to have reached takeoff speed — but not altitude. "To be at 625 feet at over 170 knots [196MPH] more than four minutes after rolling out is highly irregular. "This suggests either a very late rotation or a stall shortly after takeoff." Milliseconds later - Pilots give mayday call It is at the brief climb to around 625ft that Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the highly experienced pilot, and Clive Kundar, his co-pilot, issue a mayday call. The pilots had almost 10,000 hours of flying experience between them. Helicopter pilot Seun Komolafe revealed what the pilots could have noticed in the cockpit that prompted the mayday call. She told Sky News:"[The mayday call] tells me that they were able to gather data in that short moment and realise that something wasn't going quite right and they were able to communicate it to themselves, first of all, and also to air traffic control to let them know that there was an issue." And Prof. Graham Braithwaite, the director of aerospace and aviation at Cranfield University, said: "Take-off is a critical stage because the aircraft is still accelerating and any problem-solving requires a rapid response. "Although take-off is a critical stage of flight, aircraft accidents are incredibly rare, especially involving modern aircraft types such as the Boeing 787." 08:08:51 - Last signal received The plane's transponder signal drops seconds after leaving the runway, according to Flightradar24. 16 Controllers make subsequent calls to the mayday but receive no response, civil authorities said. Prof Paul Williams, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, said: "At the time of the departure, the weather conditions at the airport appear to have been very good. "It was a dry and sunny day in Ahmedabad, with temperatures near 40°C. "There was good visibility and light winds from the west. There was no bad weather in the vicinity. "There is no indication at this stage that turbulence or other weather conditions were a factor in the crash." Less than 60 seconds later - Plane hits BJ Medical College campus Less than a minute after the initial take-off, the Air India plane plunges to the ground just a few hundred yards from the end of the runway. 16 16 16 Medical students at BJ Medical College campus are having a lunch break in the dining room when the plane smashes onto a part of the building. It explodes into a gargantuan fireball, with plumes of thick back smoke billowing from the crash site. Lt. Col. Davidson said that the low altitude and high speed reading could indicate a "steep nose-down trajectory or a stall event" just after the plane took off. He added: "This is consistent with accidents like Spanair Flight 5022 and Flydubai Flight 981, where mechanical or environmental factors combined with compromised lift performance led to loss of control during or just after liftoff." Cause of the crash remains unclear Theories of what caused the deadly crash have been circulating, but none confirmed. 16 16 16 Davidson said: "There are a number of possible scenarios: thrust or engine performance issues, excessive aircraft weight, poor trim or flap configuration, or a more critical failure that affected the aircraft's ability to climb. "Weather, windshear or even bird strike can't be ruled out either at this early stage." He added: "Flight data alone isn't enough to determine fault — but it tells us this aircraft never truly made it airborne in a meaningful way. "Whatever happened, it happened fast, and right at the most critical phase of flight." Captain Saurabh Bhatnagar, a former senior pilot, said that footage of the doomed plane's descent "looked like a case of multiple bird hits wherein both the engines have lost power". 16 16 He told NDTV:"The takeoff was perfect. "And just, I believe, short of taking the gear up, the aircraft started descending, which can happen only in case the engine loses power or the aircraft stops developing lift." The potential cause of the horror crash has divided experts, with aviation specialist Sanjay Lazar explaining how the Boeing Dreamliner was just 11 years old, suggesting that the plane having underlying technical issues is unlikely. He said that a bird strike "would explain why the aircraft did not have the power to lift," adding: "If there were multiple bird hits on take-off, it probably could not have gone beyond the 6-7 minute threshold and started falling." Meanwhile, among pilots, aviation experts have said that it sounded as if the aircraft's Ram Air Turbine - an emergency wind turbine - had been deployed just moments before the tragedy. There is to likely be a joint investigation to uncover the cause of the crash, according to aviation lawyer and Partner at UK law firm Stewarts, Peter Neenan. He said: "In due course, the Indian Directorate of General Civil Aviation will begin their investigation. "The US National Transportation Safety Board will assist in that investigation and given the number of deaths of British nationals, we would expect the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch to also assist." These kinds of investigations "routinely take two or more years to complete," he added. 16 16
Scottish Sun
2 days ago
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‘Brit survivor' claims he walked away from Air India Gatwick plane crash after ‘jumping from flaming jet'
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A MAN thought to be a Brit claims he survived the doomed Air India flight to London Gatwick that crashed and killed at least 204 people. Ajay Kumar Vishwash, 40, claims he cheated death after jumping off the flaming jet - walking away with minor injuries. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 7 Video allegedly showing Brit survivor Vishwash Kumar Ramesh walking out of the crash Credit: Twitter 7 Vishwash in the hospital Credit: HT Photo 7 Picture allegedly showing his flight's boarding pass Credit: HT Photo 7 The plane was seen disappearing behind buildings before the huge blast Credit: X 7 Footage shows Vishwash walking away from what is understood to be the crash site of the doomed Air India flight to London Gatwick. Flanked by the locals, he can be seen walking towards an ambulance. Footage later shows the man in a hospital being treated. Vishwash, who still had his boarding pass, told Hindustan Times: 'Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly." The man revealed he had lived in London for 20 years with his wife and a child. He added: 'When I got up, there were bodies all around me. "I was scared. I stood up and ran. There were pieces of the plane all around me. Someone grabbed hold of me and put me in an ambulance and brought me to the hospital.' Gujarat's police commissioner has now confirmed to The Sun that one person has miracoulously survived the fatal crash. However, it is not clear if Vishwash is the only survivor. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner with 242 passengers on board - including 53 Brits - smashed into a doctors' hostel in Ahmedabad in the west of India. The plane was headed to London Gatwick with 232 passengers and 10 crew on board when it crashed just seconds after take-off. The Dreamliner lost contact just seconds after take-off, according to flight tracking website Flightradar. A final alert was last logged less than a minute after it started the journey from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. It had only reached 625ft at the time, officials believe. Seconds before the crash, the Boeing was filmed flying low over the Meghani Nagar residential area with the pilots appearing to be in a desperate bid to keep the plane in the air. Moments later it is seen disappearing behind buildings before a huge blast erupts in the distance. Thick plumes of black smoke can then be seen pouring into the sky. UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: "The scenes emerging of a London-bound plane carrying many British nationals crashing in the Indian city of Ahmedabad are devastating." King Charles also said both he and Queen Camilla are 'desperately shocked by the terrible events in Ahmedabad this morning'. The US-built Boeing 787 is one of the world's most advanced airliners and the accident is the first fatal crash involving the plane. 7 Huge plumes of black smoke could be seen billowing into the sky Credit: X 7 The plane was seen wedged in a building Credit: Reuters
The Irish Sun
2 days ago
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- The Irish Sun
‘Brit survivor' claims he walked away from Air India Gatwick plane crash after ‘jumping from flaming jet'
A MAN thought to be a Brit claims he survived the doomed Air India flight to London Gatwick that crashed and killed at least 204 people. Ajay Kumar Vishwash, 40, claims he cheated death after jumping off the flaming jet - walking away with minor injuries. 7 Video allegedly showing Brit survivor Vishwash Kumar Ramesh walking out of the crash Credit: Twitter 7 Vishwash in the hospital Credit: HT Photo 7 Picture allegedly showing his flight's boarding pass Credit: HT Photo 7 The plane was seen disappearing behind buildings before the huge blast Credit: X 7 Footage shows Vishwash walking away from what is understood to be the crash site of the doomed Air India flight to London Gatwick. Flanked by the locals, he can be seen walking towards an ambulance. Footage later shows the man in a hospital being treated. Vishwash, who still had his boarding pass, told Hindustan Times: 'Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly." The man revealed he had lived in London for 20 years with his wife and a child. He added: 'When I got up, there were bodies all around me. "I was scared. I stood up and ran. There were pieces of the plane all around me. Someone grabbed hold of me and put me in an ambulance and brought me to the hospital.' Gujarat's police commissioner has now confirmed to The Sun that one person has miracoulously survived the fatal crash. Most read in The Sun However, it is not clear if Vishwash is the only survivor. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner with 242 passengers on board - including 53 Brits - smashed into a doctors' hostel in Ahmedabad in the west of India. The plane was headed to London Gatwick with 232 passengers and 10 crew on board when it crashed just seconds after take-off. The Dreamliner lost contact just seconds after take-off, according to flight tracking website Flightradar. A final alert was last logged less than a minute after it started the journey from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. It had only reached 625ft at the time, officials believe. Seconds before the crash, the Boeing was filmed flying low over the Meghani Nagar residential area with the pilots appearing to be in a desperate bid to keep the plane in the air. Moments later it is seen disappearing behind buildings before a huge blast erupts in the distance. Thick plumes of black smoke can then be seen pouring into the sky. UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: "The scenes emerging of a London-bound plane carrying many British nationals crashing in the Indian city of Ahmedabad are devastating." King Charles also said both he and Queen Camilla are 'desperately shocked by the terrible events in Ahmedabad this morning'. Read more on the Irish Sun The US-built Boeing 787 is one of the world's most advanced airliners and the accident is the first fatal crash involving the plane. 7 Huge plumes of black smoke could be seen billowing into the sky Credit: X 7 The plane was seen wedged in a building Credit: Reuters
